Thursday, October 29, 2009

I looked out the window, this is what I saw. I rushed and got the girls to show them it was snowing and they begged me to go out in it. About 10-15 minutes later, after trying to bundle them up properly....

...there was a pretty good layer of snow on the ground.

Look closely at Leah's lips. She's "oooooh-ing" with excitement!

This was another of Leah's firsts.

This was her first reaction to snow, and she LOVED it!!

And for some reason, the water table is still popular even after the water is frozen!

So the girls had fun...

For about 10 minutes. And then the snow melted.

BOO!!!

The cold is only worth it when you have something to show for it.

I think there were too many people praying for it to melt so my prayer for it to increase didn't stand a chance.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Monica will often tell Leah what is going on in the pictures and make up a story to go with it.

Then Leah will take a turn and tell Monica in gibberish what is happening in her book.

I love that Monica sits there and goes, "Uh huh. Yeah, Leah! And then the puppy finds a frog!"

P.S. Leah's feet were wrapped up because we were trying to rehydrate her excema ridden skin there. We had a blood panel done and she has no food allergies. It's really excema and it looks like it's around to stay. Thankfully, we have a pediatrician who is personally concerned about Leah. She prescribed a topical steroid for Leah's skin and it has been working wonderfully. No more insane bandages here. Leah's feet were soft again within 3 days of using the stuff and we are just grateful for Dr. Millea!

You know those blog posts that seem just a taaaad bit overloaded with pictures?

You have been warned.

But this is our family's picture journal, a.k.a. digital scrapbook.

So here goes...

The last two years, we made it out to the McCall's Pumpkin Patch in Moriarty. This year, it wasn't really possible with work schedules, drill schedules and the like. So we had to go local.

We meant to go to the Pumpkin Patch on Paseo, but got it confused with the one on Paradise. Since we were already there, instead of driving the extra block to get where we wanted, we figured we'd see what the United Methodist Church pumpkins were like. It ended up being pretty cool and Leah was M-A-D when we left. She wanted to stay and run through the aisles between pumpkins some more.

This is how much I love the Institute Choir, and really, the choir director, Rebecca Pugmire. In a moment of complete flakiness I forgot about an extra rehearsal we had scheduled and totally blew it off.

I've been watching a lot of "Cake Boss" lately. I consider myself an artist, just not a cake artist. But the cake artists on "Cake Boss" are phenomenal. And they didn't all start out with sugary products. So I made a cake for our rehearsal this last week after being inspired by the latest episode. I'm not sure I was completely forgiven, but I think it helped.

And I would like to put in a plug for our concerts coming up in November. If you have never had the pleasure of hearing a choir directed by Rebecca, you are missing out. She is extraordinarily talented. She makes ordinary people sound like a heavenly chorus. She brings out the best sounds in each person. And the end product is fabulous. I love playing for her. I just hope I'm not too much of a floozy to keep her from asking me to play for her again.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Since our first try this year was a bust, we went on Thursday night for the Special Shapes Glowdeo and it was pretty awesome!! The girls had fun, and well, let me amend that. Monica had a blast but Leah was done pretty quickly. She wanted to get out and run around with everyone else hurrying here and there to get to their favorite balloons. I had a ton of pics to choose from so I just added the ones I liked best.

The Scoop

My name is Anna and I love my family. I also love to write. Put these two loves together and you get this blog. While we enjoy sharing our lives and precious moments with those we love, this is our own family record for us, sprinkled with my thoughts and inspirations as a mother getting her on-the-job-training.